Law Office Technology

PCLaw Webinar on why / how to Upgrade to Version 10

I was in Cary, NC at LexisNexis this Tuesday.  While there I gave a webinar on why / how you should upgrade to version 10. Here is the link to that webinar.  I also created this White Paper which goes along with the webinar.

How to Speed up ITunes

If you are running ITunes on a windows machine,  it is probably the biggest resource hog.   Here are some tips to speed it up.

Delete the playlists above.  Delete all Playlists that are in Purple.  It takes ITunes a lot of resources to keep these up to date.  So if you never use them,  get rid of them. 

Go to the preferences and uncheck everything.  Don’t look for shared libraries.

Don’t look for Apple TV’s.

Don’t look for remote speakers.

Get the point,  you don’t want ITunes to look for any of this stuff, it takes up memory.  Uncheck it all. 

PCLaw Webinar on Upgrading Tips and Tricks

I will be at Lexis Headquarters in Cary, NC on February 23rd 1:00PM – 2:00PM Eastern to give a webinar on how to upgrade your PCLaw to Version 10.

Here is what will be covered:

-          The steps you need to take to prepare for your upgrade

-          How to verify your data integrity

-          What software updates are needed for your workstations

-          What backup systems you need to have in place

-          What you should do after you r upgrade is complete

-          Why you should upgrade now rather than waiting

o   Integrated case management tools

o   Physical closed files and document tracking in safe custody

o   Expanded rate exceptions, free adjustments and courtesy discounts

o   Scheduled data back up

Here is a copy of the whitepaper I created to go along with this: http://support.lexisnexis.com/lndownload/software/cic/PCLaw10_Upgrade_Checklist.pdf

Speaking for Lafayette Paralegal Association

I spoke for the New Orleans Paralegal Association this past Wednesday on and I will be speaking at the to the Lafayette Paralegal Association.

Topic: Creating Efficiency in the Law Office with Microsoft Outlook. 12:00 – 1:30PM 

Petroleum Club
111 Heymann Bouelvard,
Lafayette, LA f12:00 to 1:30 PM

How to shut off User Account Control in Windows 7

 

For certain programs like Amicus Attorney Version Vyou have to shut off user account control to install programs.  This has changed from Windows Vista.  Here is how you do it. 

Start –> Control Panel –> User Accounts

 

 

Move it to never notify.  This will effectively shut off User Account Control.  Install the program and then turn it back on. 

How to send Emails to Groups in Amicus Attorney

 

Amicus Attorney makes it very easy to send an email to a specific group of people instead of selecting each one individually.  You just need to go to create a new email.  Change your option from All to Group Names

Now all the groups for your contacts appear 

For this example we will chose Clients.  Click OK

All of our clients name appear in To.  Click Open

Besides sending group emails to our contacts,  we can also use firm member groups. 

Change My Contacts to Firm Member(s)

You can now select which firm members the email goes to.  In this example, we will chose the Associates Group

This is the same  principle as when we send the email to our clients

This email will go to everyone in our firm in the associates group.